Jack Kirby
Jack Kirby
Jack Kirby, born Jacob Kurtzberg, was an American comic book artist, writer, and editor widely regarded as one of the medium's major innovators and one of its most prolific and influential creators...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionComic Book Artist
Date of Birth28 August 1917
CityNew York City, NY
CountryUnited States of America
mother approval courses
Of course, mothers were very conventional, everything was very conventional. You had to have approval.
mother doors order
There was one time they knocked me out and laid me in front of my mother's door. And in order for my mother not to be shocked they readjusted my clothes and they saw that nothing was rumpled and I looked very comfortable next to the apartment door, so when my mother would open the door it wouldn't be that much of a shock.
mother europe people
I was being brought up on peasant stories; my mother came from Europe and she'd been a peasant and that was the area where the Frankensteins and the Draculas came from and it was entertainment for the people. Nobody had TV, and that was the way peasants would entertain themselves, by telling these stories.
mother father men
Every father was his own man. He did what he wanted. If your mother went shopping, your father never went with her.
great guy
We are very excited. He is an excitable kind of guy and very positive. He is going to be a great addition.
handed
I was handed a chocolate bar and an M-1 rifle and told to go kill Hitler.
devil perfectionist
Perfectionists are their own devils.
talent dedicated great-talent
Mort Meskin was a consummate professional, dedicated to his work. A great talent.
fighting odds ducks
I never duck out of a fight; I don't care what the hell the odds are, and I'm rough at times, but I try to be a decent guy all the time. That's the way I've always lived.
army years order
I didn't like Army life. I didn't like taking orders. I didn't like discipline. I didn't like being yelled at. You'd get 10 years for punching a sergeant so I couldn't punch a sergeant.
fighting long kind
I hated to fight all the time just to enjoy my day. Fighting wasn't the kind of thing that I enjoyed, but I grew to enjoy it because I did it so long.
army class guy
In the Army when we had judo classes, out of the class of 27 just me and another guy graduated. I grew to enjoy it because I knew I could do it well. I tried to do everything well.
giving parent littles
I was happy because I made enough money to give to my parents. I made enough money to get married on. I made enough money to enjoy myself a little more than I would have if I didn't have enough money.
humble simple artist
An artist has to be humble, an editor must be officious, and a publisher must be somewhere out in the galaxy enjoying godhood. It was a caste system, pure and simple. And it was accepted that way. Nobody thought of contracts, nobody thought of insisting on better deals.